GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

The Programme aims to improve and promote health in the Union to reduce the burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases by:

• protecting people from serious cross-border health threats
• improving the availability, accessibility and affordability of medicines, medical devices and other crisis-related products in the EU
• strengthening national health systems

The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rate fixed in the Grant Agreement (60%). Your organisation can apply for a higher project funding rate (80%) if your project is of “exceptional utility”. Actions shall be considered to have exceptional utility where at least 30% of the budget of the proposed action is allocated to Member States whose GNI per inhabitant is less than 90% of the Union average; or the project concerns actions with bodies from at least 14 Member States and where at least 4 are from Member States whose GNI per inhabitant is less than 90% of the EU average.

Applications will only be considered eligible if their content corresponds wholly (or at least in part) to the topic description for which it is submitted.

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

• be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
• EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
• eligible non-EU countries:
  • listed EEA countries and countries associated to the EU4Health Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)

Type of applicants targeted: Academia and educational institutions, civil society organisations supporting the priority areas (health professional associations, patient organisations, foundations, NGOs and similar entities).

Specific eligibility criteria applicable to the consortium composition: Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 3 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions:

• Minimum 3 entities from 3 different eligible countries;
• At least one NGO working in the field of mental health;
• At least one patient organisation working in the field of mental health;

This needs to be clearly highlighted in the proposal.